Tuesday, 1 April 2014

Listening to the lecture on Why Johny Can't Pray was challenging. In response I give this for our meditation:

Prayer at Lord’s
Supper

Dutch
Liturgy 1566 (Modernised)

O most
merciful God and Father, we implore you, that you will be pleased in this
Supper (in which we celebrate the glorious remembrance of the bitter death of your
beloved Son Jesus Christ) to work in our hearts through the Holy Spirit

·That we may daily more and more with true
confidence, give ourselves up unto your Son Jesus Christ

·That our afflicted and contrite hearts, through the
power of the Holy Spirit, may be fed and comforted with his true body and
blood; yes, with him, true God and man, that only heavenly bread;

·That we may no longer live in our sins, but he in
us, and we in him, and thus truly be made partakers of the new and everlasting
covenant of grace.

·That we may not doubt but you will forever be our
gracious Father, nevermore imputing our sins unto us, and providing us with all
things necessary, for both the body as the soul, as your beloved children and
heirs;

Grant us
also your grace, that we may take up our cross cheerfully, deny ourselves,
confess our Saviour, and in all tribulations, with uplifted heads expect our
Lord Jesus Christ from heaven, where he will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, and take us unto him in eternity.

About Me

With degrees in both philosophy and theology, I have lived and worked in the UK, West Africa (working in theological education) and the USA. As a Teaching Elder I served for 19 years in the Church of Scotland and 4 years in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (USA). I am a minister of the Free Church of Scotland, and a member in St Andrews Free Church, Fife.

I am married to my wonderful wife Aileen, who has supported and moulded me over 40 years of marriage - an ongoing project that may yet pay dividends, although it requires great patience on her part.